The development of George Farquhar as a comic dramatist

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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TABLE OF FIGURES -- I. INTRODUCTION THE TRADITIONS IN FARQUHAR CRITICISM AND THE NEED FOR A NEW CRITICAL STUDY OF FARQUHARS PLAYS -- II. LOVE AND A BOTTLE AS A BURLESQUE OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- III. LUREWELL AND THE JILTING WOMEN OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- IV. SIR HARRY WILDAIR THE POOR SEQUEL TO THE TRIP TO THE JUBILEE -- V. THE ORIGINALITY OF THE INCONSTANT -- VI. THE TWIN-RIVALS AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO FARQUHARS DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENGLISH COMEDY -- VII. THE MYSTERY OF THE STAGE COACH -- VIII. THE RECRUITING OFFICER AS A CLIMACTIC PLAY IN THE CAREER OF GEORGE FARQUHAR -- IX. THE BEAUX STRATAGEM FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE -- X. CONCLUSIONS -- LIST OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX

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